Hepatic failure and malnutrition as predisposing factors of cutaneous mucormycosis in a pediatric patient

The genus Lichtheimia is the third-most frequent genus isolated in mucormycosis. We report a cutaneous case caused by Lichtheimia ramosa, localized on the face of a pediatric patient, in the context of acute liver failure and caloric malnutrition. Several surgeries and treatment with liposomal ampho...

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Autores principales: Colman, Silvia, Giusiano, Gustavo, Colman, Carmen, Sosa, María de los Ángeles, Rojas, Florencia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8760179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35059283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.12.005

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